Summit man arrested for burglarizing same house 13 times

YELLVILLE -- A Summit man is in the Marion County jail after being charged with 13 counts of residential burglary, all stemming from repeated break-ins of the same house.

Matthew Williams, 42, is being held on $25,000 bond for the burglary charges, along with 13 counts of criminal mischief, 13 counts of criminal trespassing and with being an habitual offender, according to Sheriff Roger Vickers.

Williams was arrested Tuesday when the sheriff's office discovered items stolen from the residence had been pawned at a local shop, allegedly by Williams, a parolee. Along with the new charges, Williams is being held without bond, accused of violating parole.

The arrest came after a citizen reported their home had been broken into and several items were stolen. Approximately $25,000 worth of items were take and about $10,000 in damage was done to the property, as estimated by the home owner, according to the press release.

Once deputies learned Williams sold some of the items at a local pawn shop, they contacted his parole officer. Deputies also discovered Williams was wearing an electronic monitor, and by using the mapping history of the monitor, deputies were able to place Williams in the residence that had been broken into on 13 separate occasions, according to the sheriff.

Deputies from the sheriff's office, officers from Flippin Police Department and Arkansas Department of Community Correction visited Williams' residence on Tuesday once they secured an arrest warrant. Williams was arrested without incident, and officers found some of the stolen items along with other evidence of theft in his home.

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